I’m still using this backup script to back up ~/cron/ as its got my reinstall.sh script in which I need for installing, so it seems sensible to keep access to it.

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To back up my collection of dvd’s to my hard drive I use handbrake which creates a m4v file, and then winff to create the .avi file, which is on average about a quarter to a third smaller than the starting file. The quality is quite good working with ...

I’ve recently started backing up my commercial DVD’s to my hard drive, and I’m tending to use HandBrake for it. So far it produces a nice compact m4v file, but I’ve yet to see the fruits of my intensive labours with it. And its soooo slow ...

To create space on my external USB hard drive for new backups, I need to delete all the August entries. This is done as follows -

ls -l /media [#to check that it is root:boztu] sudo /home/boztu/cron/permissions.sh
[#to make it root:boztu if not already so ...